University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Health, Phys. Ed., Recreation & Leisure Studies:

Sports Administration -
Bachelor of Science

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by major:

SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours

BS Science-related course requirements = 0

Major = 35

Minor or 2nd Major = 24

Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 104

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 21

Minimum total hours required for BS in Sports Administration = 125

All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A. Sports Administration Requirements

Take 1 course from:

SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours

SPCH 299, Organizational Communication - 3 hours

Take all of the following:

PE 302, Sports in Society - 3 hours

PE 401, Athlete in Contemporary Society - 3 hours

PE 403, Sports Economics - 3 hours

PE 425, Legal Aspects of Sport and Recreation - 3 hours

PE 429, Sport Marketing and Promotion - 3 hours

PE 430, Sport Administration - 3 hours

B. Sports Administration Field Experience

Take 2 hours from:

REC 475, Volunteer Practicum - 2 hours

C. Sports Administration Internship

Take 12 hours from:

REC 477, Internship - 12 hours